There was something almost peaceful about the river today. The air was cold, the sky darkened and cloudy. The water was flowing by, undisturbed in its path. Despite the coldness of the air, and the possible coldness of the water, Amaya had positioned herself on top of a rather large boulder that was mostly flat on its top. A boulder that stuck out from the river a good foot or so, just far enough to keep anyone who happened to be positioned on it from getting wet. It was also large enough to hold several people, especially given the way that Amaya was sitting on it, in the center, Indian style.

Her eyes were closed, and every so often she'd take a small breath in and out, though it was barely noticeable, given the bulkiness of her clothing. She had bundled up today against the cold, given that she was pregnant, something that had become recent knowledge, she wasn't taking any chances in becoming ill. She even had a nice warm hat on top of her head, hiding all but the few white strands that had managed to escape.

She had come here about an hour ago for the purpose of meditating, but she'd long ago become bored with it. She just simply had no bothered to stop, as no other distraction had popped up, yet.

Nichi was squealing with excitement from his position, just off the shore. He had been doing nothing, really; playing with a few of the woodland creatures that made their homes around here. He had stopped merely because he had gotten bored with the activity, and now was looking for something else to pique his interest. Indeed, he had gotten lucky. His beloved sister was stationed just in sight, and he couldn't help but hop in excitement, his steps toward her more of a skip.

He hadn't seen her in awhile, due to her status of jounin and her... Her friend... Mm... Ashi nee-san? She was related to the Hokage-sama, he knew that much. Most of Onee-san's time had been taken up lately by her life, and he was completely full of joy at seeing her again. Possibly even being able to talk to her... Or even hang out!

"Onee- Onee-san!!" He called out, bouncing closer and then lunging off the shallow end of the water and landing on the direct edge of the boulder. His arms went pinwheeling and it took him a few moments to keep his balance and not fall off, into the water, and no sooner did he right himself did he lunge at his sister.

His arms clamped firmly around her neck and his body flew headlong into hers, his eyes squeezed shut and another squeal sounding from his mouth. His rather messy blue hair covered a large portion of his face, and the light blue scarf and jacket he always wore tightened against his body and threatened to suffocate him if he didn't lessen his grip. Obviously, however, he paid this no mind. "Onee-san!! Hi!! Nichi's missed you! He really, really has!"

Eyelids fluttered and than opened, having barely enough time to register that the one flinging themselves at her was her brother before he latched on to her. She fell backwards from the momentum, a grin spread across her face as she wrapped her arms around him and squeezed gently, taking him with her as she tipped backwards. "I've missed you to! So much so!" Her reddish gaze was lit up with happiness over seeing her younger brother, and nothing would be able to wipe the smile off of her face for a good while.

"What have you been up to?", she asked almost at once, her full and complete attention on her brother. She released her brother from her gentle hug, folding her arms across her stomach as they had been before, waiting for his response. "Oh!", she said suddenly, remembering that she had yet to formally announce her news, though she wondered if Naota had found out and told him anyway. "I have something I have to tell you!"~

Happy mewling sounds continued to each forth from him, his body wiggling as he tries to remain latched onto Amaya, face lit up in a large grin. He had begun to flush red as the scarf continued tugging back on his throat, and it got just uncomfortable enough for him to remove a single hand from his sister and pull it out before settling back against her. "Playing! Nichi's made a lot of friends! Even with animals! They're all very nice to him. He's happy~! But he's missed Onee-san and Onii-chan... It's been too long! How's Ashi nee? And Hokage-sama? Have you heard from Onii-chan, either?!" His entire being was a bubbling form of excitement by now, the words tumbling from his mouth.

As Amaya released him from her hug he laid his head on her lap, arms loosely to her sides, and gazed up at her in pure adoration. There wasn't anything he loved quite more than his siblings, even if he did like everyone he met. There was something about blood that clicked with him, and he wouldn't give up these feelings for anything else in the world.

"Nichi wants to know! Is something wrong?! While the look in his eyes was still one of mirth, the tips of his lips had been pulled down into a miniscule frown as he pictured his sister unhappy with something. That would be something he didn't like, not at all.

Amaya giggled, her smile growing warmer. "Everyone is fine. Well, Ashi is been a bit on a rampage, but that's only because she's been even more over-protective of me recently." She paused before continuing, thinking of the best way to tell her news; out right and blunt? Or beat around the bush some? Ah, what the hell, time to dive right in, she was more than capable of answering any questions her brother might ask.

She noticed the slight change in her brothers face as she reached down, lightly running her slender fingers through his hair, unable to help the gentle laugh that escaped her. "No, no. Nothings wrong at all. In fact, the only reason Ashi's been more on a rampage then usual and over protective is because... well... I'm going to have a baby, I'm pregnant."

Her smile remained in place as she waited for her brothers reaction, true happiness shinning in her red tinted gaze.

*bliiiiink*

The first part had made little sense to Nichi. Ashi nee had always been super protective over his Onee-san, since as long as he could remember, and he found nothing odd with this fact. Though, Amaya HAD said that she was a little "more over protective than usual". Was that a cause for concern? Had something happened? Nichi's pulse quickened with worry, his frown deepening ever so slightly, and his palms began to sweat. He locked his eyes with his sister's, but couldn't find anything wrong in her gaze. She was smiling, even? What was going o-.

.... Oh.

Wait.

What?

What?

WHAT?!

Nichi seemed to fly upwards and backwards, landing on his butt and staring wholeheartedly at his female sibling. A baby?! Onee-san was having a baby?! But... Wait! How?! That didn't make sense? Where did babies even come from?! How did she get one?! They didn't just pop out of nowhere, did they? Well... That seemed as likely to Nichi as any other option he could think of.

Slowly finding his voice again, it cracked on the first word it pronounced, before he gathered his wits enough to continue. "Ni... Uh... N-nichi.... He's confused... What...? What does pregnant mean....?

Where's the b-baby, Onee-san?"

She should've seen this sort of confused reaction coming, but it still caused her to pause and think nonetheless. How did she explain something so complicated? Even she wasn't a hundred percent sure how it had happened, but it had. She tilted her head, like she usually did, when she slipped into deep thought, mulling it over with inquisitive look on her face. She bit her bottom lip as she thought it all over, before, with a sudden idea on how to explain the whole thing she straightened her head and went back to smiling.

"Well, it's a bit complicated. Pregnant means you have a child growing inside of you, like I do. That's where the baby is." She placed her hands upon her stomach, gently. "In here, growing, to later be born, nine months later to be precise." She grinned, happily so. "That's why Ashi is being over protective, she's worried about me and the baby... well that and Inuzuka, I've been told, are extremely protective of their loved ones to begin with."

She paused in her speaking, giving him time to process this information and ask any more questions if he had them. She could only hope she was explaining it all as best as possible. Depending on the details he wanted, she was going to go find Naota and drag his ass back, and make him explain... boy that'd be fun, she thought, as she paused to wonder if he knew.

Nichi calmly, on the outside at least, sat through and listened to Amaya's decription of her situation. His eyes had seemed to fog over and his hands were jittery where they lay on the ground on either side of him. Amusingly enough, Nichi absently noted how pretty his sister was when she was thinking about something. The fact... The honest to goodness fact that she was going to be a m-... A mother...

It filled him with pride. True, unadulterated pride. It burned from his stomach and went straight to his brain, and before he could stop himself, his arms were around his sister's shoulders once again and his face was buried in her neck. A low, choked sound came from his throat and he moved his lips and tried to form words. He knew he was being silly, but he was trying to cut himself some slack- This was a lot to absorb. His Onee-san was going to be a Ka-chan... To some kid.

That was... Growing inside her?

Out of instinctive worry, Nichi raised his voice and found the power to make words. "Is it... Is it okay?" His gaze shifted down her body and to her stomach, settling there, a nervous light shining in his eyes. "In there, Nichi means... Can it breathe alright? How does it eat? What do you mean growing?" The questions increased at a dangerous fervor and Nichi had to take a rather large breath himself to calm down. His heart was beating furiously in chest and he could still feel his hands shaking.

"How did it get in there, Onee-san...?" The sound of his voice fell to no more than a hushed whisper, his eyes squeezing shut at the image in his head. "Did you... Eat it?"

Amaya wrapped her arms around her brother again, hugging him gently once more. She couldn't help the chuckle that escaped her. "Oh, silly. The baby is perfectly fine. The baby gets nutrients from the things I eat because..", she paused, thinking best how to explain this, "... well, are belly buttons are attached on the inside, and whatever I eat, drink, or consume is also absorbed by the baby."

She paused again, thinking of his other questions. "Well, the baby starts out as something very tiny, too tiny to be seen at first with our own eyes. Then, it goes up larger and larger, until it's large enough to survive the outside world, and then the baby's born." She smiled gently. "And no, I didn't eat it. When two people love each other, like Ashi and I do, a love that is between two friends - something more powerful than just friendship - then things like this sometimes happen. But, if you want actual in depth details, you'll have to find our brother... or father. They'll be able to explain it to you better then I could." Yup, she was entirely throwing Naota under the proverbial bus, and she made a mental note to apologize later if Nichi went off to do just that.

She paused at that point, giving him time to digest the information she'd given him. It was a lot to take in, hell, she remembered sitting there just staring at her mother in complete and utter confusion the first time it had all been explained to her... then again, she had asked when she was five; medical books for a young child weren't always such a good thing.

Nichi's breath caught at her description, trying to imagine the baby, alive and... And breathing? Inside of her belly. His gaze constantly shifted downwards to her stomach throughout her explanation, and both amazement and confusion shown in his childlish eyes. He couldn't help the hand he held out and the finger that pushed against the area under her shirt where her belly button was, picturing another, smaller human on the other side of the flesh. He recoiled in surprise as he met skin, retracting his touch and staring at the spot again. Nothing out of the ordinary had happened, but his thoughts were overwhelming him.

He struggled back to attention as she explained how she had gotten that way, rather relieved his sister wasn't a cannibal and didn't go around eating babies in her free time. "... You and... Ashi need...? WAIT. WAIT." He had no issue with ashi being the parent to his sister's child, but another thought had sprang into his head that made him increasingly uncomfortable and scared.

"NICHI LOVES PEOPLE, ONEE-SAN!! LIKE LIKE YOU AND ONII-CHAN AND HOKAGE-SAMA AND YUKKI NII AND DADDY AND MOMMY AND OTHER FRIENDS!!" His words came out in a shriek, tears springing to his eyes. His sight fell downwards to his own stomach, and he gasped and wrapped his arms around the area, staring in fear back up at Amaya.

"I-is Nichi pregnant too, Onee-san? HE'S NOT- HE'S NOT READY TO BE A DADDY, TOO!!" Tears were now streaming down his face and he was near hyperventilation, wondering how many babies he had inside of him with all the people that he loved. Friendship suddenly became very scary to his young mind.

She watched as he reached forward and touched her belly button, a giggle escaping her; she was ticklish after all. She watched his reactions with mild amusement, up until of course he began to freak out and think he was pregnant himself. 'Oh god, Amaya... what have you got yourself into.', she thought to herself, holding up a hand for silence.

"Calm down, calm down.", she said softly, placing the hand she had raised for silence over his closest hand. "You're not pregnant. I'm not talking about a love of that sort, dear. I'm talking about something more physical." She took a deep breath and exhaled, there was no going back now. It was do or die. It was funny, but she had calmer nerves killing than she had when explaining the birds and bees; go figure. "We're talking about more than just hugs, kisses, or things like that. We're talking about something more intimate than that... I'm talking about sex." Deep breath, and exhale. "When two people love each other, the love between two mates or partners, that loves goes physical, and babies happen due to that."

She offered a friendly and encouraging smile. "So, you see, you can love everyone you want, and you can't get pregnant." She hoped, above everything, that she was at least able to calm him down, and at least make him stop thinking he was pregnant.

Nichi blinked, his hyperactive, worried voice stopping it's rambling with a halt. His blinking accelerated in mild to severe confusion as she continued her explanation, though his pulse slowed after he was assured he wasn't pregnant. It seemed silly, though. What could you possibly do with someone physically more than hugging or kissing? Nichi's never even kissed someone else before, and it seemed like a rather big deal. His head tilted dramatically to the right, looking at his sister completely sideways.

Sex? It's such an odd name. How was it even came up with? WHAT IS IT?! Whatever it did, Onee-san apparently did it with Ashi nee... And while that picture would generally scar most little brothers in the world, it's impossible for it to affect Nichi because he's not even sure WHAT to picture.

"... "Sex", Onee-san? Nichi's... Confused. What... What is... "Sex"? How do you... "Sex"? It feels... It feels gross coming off of Nichi's tongue, though. The sounds are wierd. He feels... Bad." A low whimper escaped his now quivering lips and his eyes shone with uncertainty. "Is Sex bad, Onee-san? You say that only people who love each other a lot can do it... But... But Nichi's never heard of it until now!!"

'Oh god.. why do I keep opening my big mouth? Where's Naota when I need him?!', she mentally shouted at herself, while trying to remain as calm as she could on the outside. 'How am I going to explain this any further?', she added, heaving a deep mental sigh.

"Oh Nichi, I don't know how to explain it right." She paused, thinking to herself. Books, books were always the answer! They'd go look in some books! That would save her from having to explain it all to him by herself! "I know! The library will have plenty of books about the subject, books with pictures!" Yup, medical ones, not the dirty kind. Medical ones that would explain all the little details, details she herself did not want to have to explain.

"Come on!", she said as she stood up in one graceful movement. "Lets go find those answers for you!" She skipped over the small rocks that stuck up out of the water until she reached the shore with a final leap. "Come on Nichi!" She couldn't help but feel slightly excited, something about educating someone, especially at the library of all places, did something to pep her up; ah yes, how she loved to see people learn. She bound away, moving in the direction of the library!

The shifting he did at that moment, staring up at his sister, was uncomfortable. He didn't feel... Happy, any more. Really, just saying the word and trying to think about it made him feel gross, and he didn't know why. He still didn't know what it was, but just the way his sister stuttered around the issue... And had resolved to the library in place of her own explanation... It made him think whatever sex was, it was "off". Considering he didn't hear about it until now, it was a private matter...

And he honestly didn't think he wanted to know what it was now. He'd rather act like this entire conversation never happened until he could maybe talk to Onii-chan about it. There WAS a difference between guys and girls, Nichi knew that. He didn't know what, but of course their were things uncommon with each other. You couldn't explain it with Nichi's mindset, really, but... You could tell when someone was a girl and someone was a guy.

There was something different there...

Regardless, he suddenly felt very uncomfortable with the surroundings and the person he was talking with. He loved his Onee-san, but he didn't very much like this subject.

"A-actually..." He stuttered, eyes glazing over as he neatly picked himself up and backed away. "Nichi... Doesn't want to know. M-maybe he'll ask Onii-chan some day." His eyes were perfectly nervous, and the twitching in his movement gave him up easily.

He turned and ran then, yelling a sorry at his sister over his shoulder. "Maybe Ice Cream next time?!" <3!

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Amaya skidded to a stop, turning to watch her brother take off. She grinned a bit, scratching her head. "Well... least now I don't have to explain it..." She giggled nervously.

After a quick look around she figured she might as well go get that ice cream now. Hell, she was pregnant.. she could always eat more again, later, with her brother. Yup... lots of ice cream in the future. All kinds, especially chocolate. Mmmm...

With that thought she took off again, this time headed towards the nearest place to go purchase some ice cream compared to the library.

-Exit.-